Nelson's household was the first enumerated in Chester Town in 1930. He was 44 and had married at age 21.

1940 Census. Chester, Crawford, AR, ED 17-7, Sheet 1A, Hh 4Nelson B. Harrison, 55, b. Illinois, renting but living in the same house as in 1935. He was a section-hand for the railroad. He only went through the 2nd grade.Myrtle, age 51, wife, b. ARRandall, son, age 22. laborer on a farmVirl, son, age 20, working on a CCC Reforestation projectVirginia, dau, age 17James E., son, 15Inez, dau, 12Anna M., dau, age 8

He had to register for the World War II Draft [the "old man's draft] Nelson Brown Harrison, lived Chester, Arkansas. He was 57, born 6 Dec 1884 in Schuyler Co, Ill. The person who would always know his address was Mrs. Myrtle Harrison of Chester. His employer was the Frisco Rail Road Co, St. Louis, Mo., but he was employed in Chester. He was 5'9" tall and weighed about 165 lbs. Gray eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion. Dated 27 Apr 1942, Crawford Co, Arkansas.

Nelson and Myrtle are buried in the Chester Cemetery, Chester, AR.

Nelson Brown HARRISON and Myrtle OSBURN were married on 8 September 1906 in Crawford County, Arkansas.98,117Myrtle OSBURN was born on 26 January 1889 in Arkansas.117,118 She died on 19 April 1948 at the age of 59 in Crawford County, Arkansas.118

Ancestry FamilyTree gives her parents as James Lewis Osburn and Sarah Frances Lee - her full name was listed as Sarah Myrtle Armetta Mae Osburn.